Proverbs 30:7

God, I ask you to do two things for me; please do them before I die:

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

In Context

6Do not add to (OR, change) what God has said; if you do that, he will rebuke you and show that you are lying.

8Help me never to lie or deceive people and do not cause me to become poor or to become rich. Just give me the food that I need;

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Cross References

2 Kings 2:9When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, “What do you want me to do for you before ◄I am taken away/Yahweh takes me away►?” Elisha replied, “I want to receive twice as much of your power as you have had, (OR enable me to very powerfully continue your ministry).”

Psalms 27:4There is one thing that I have requested from Yahweh; this is the one thing that I desire: That I may worship in Yahweh’s house/temple every day of my life, and see that Yahweh is wonderful and inquire what he wants me to do.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:2-7

The Words of Agur. 1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst… Read the whole commentary →

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